PPT of Sobha Forestview's activities to protect Turahalli Forest

1. A Sustainable Living - Insideout
Total Units – 889
Total Blocks - 8
Occupancy – 80%+
Residents– 2000 + (also called SFVian)
Initiative 1 - Go Green – Switch ON LED lights
Initiative 2

2. State of things in Year end 2015 & early 2016
A Sustainable
Living - Insideout
Motivations and Challenges
Go Green – Motivations
• Improve the light quality.
• making the property aesthetically
pleasing.
• Energy Savings and reducing the
electricity cost of common areas.
Go Green – Challenges
• Budget
• MC/Community approvals.
• Execution(Removal & re-fixing of lights).
#CleanUpTurahalli
Mention by Eco Volunteer India, Sunil Babarwala:
“As u have rightly mentioned our flag & torch bearers r
Sowmya, Vidya & Vijeta . A true sense of ownership
with responsibility & sincere involvement has
motivated others to be part of the initiative by u & the
citizens” . 🙏🏻💐
DRFO, uttarahalli & his staff
with the whole heart support
of one & all added with fire
department have doused the
🔥.🙏

3. A Sustainable
Living - Insideout
Overcoming challenges…
Go Green – Overcoming challenges
• Layout specific Light configuration analysis
• Smarter living – Awareness drive with community
• Subject Matter Expert Involvement
• Presenting the ROI to MC/Community.
• EMI Scheme with Zero Investment.
#CleanUpTurahalli
Interactions with officials of Forest Dept, along with DCF Dipika Bajpai, & Siddaramappa
• By Adding senior forest officials like DCF,
ACF, RFO & DRFO to #Cleanupturahalli
WhatsApp group.
• Updating residents of our activity on a
regular basis for more support &
participation.
• Involving volunteers from neighboring
localities.
• Built goodwill among the Forest Guards
with regular interaction & also
appreciating their work.

4. A Sustainable
Living - Insideout
IN Action…
Go Green – In Action
• Vendor selection
• Mock up of various lights.
• Lux levels
measurements/comparison with
various lights.
• Wattage measurements
#CleanUpTurahalli
• Raised funds by collecting old newspapers from SFV
residents.
• Cleanups, Fire-fighting, Seed ball making, tree plantation,
pond cleaning & refilling with fresh water.
• Nature conservation workshop.
• Interaction with Forest officials.

5. A Sustainable
Living - Insideout
Go Green – Impact
• ROI of Less than 6 Months.
• Rs 22,00,000 saved for the
community
• 3,05,000 Units of Energy
Saved/Annum
• By Product of 285 Tons of Carbon
Reduction
IMPACT #CleanUpTurahalli Dear Friends,
……I thank all of you from the
bottom of my heart for being
so constructively supportive,
you were the eyes and ears
of the department and
strengthened our hands.
Special mention to Soumya
and Vijeta who started all
these initiatives. Hope you
continue to support us. I have
just now added the new DCF
in the group.
Thanks and Regards,
Dipika Bajpai, DCF,
From Jan 2016- Apr 2019